Amazon AI Bet Pays Off as Q2 Earnings Crush Expectations: How Will Stock React?

Amazon shares surged in after-hours trading on Thursday after the company delivered a blowout second-quarter earnings report, beating Wall Street expectations across revenue, AWS sales, operating income, and earnings per share.

The results reinforced investor confidence that Amazon's massive AI infrastructure spending is translating into accelerating cloud growth and stronger profitability.

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Amazon Beats Wall Street Across Key Metrics

Amazon reported Q2 net sales of $200.6 billion, comfortably above analyst estimates of approximately $197 billion. The company also posted operating income of $27.46 billion, exceeding expectations of around $23.6 billion, while operating margin expanded to 13.7%, above the expected 12%.